Furuno RC-1500-1T Operator's Manual page 63

Sending the distress relay to a coast station
First confirm whether your vessel should send the distress relay signal, by following the flow
chart on page 3-8. If your ship meets those requirements do the following:
1. The audio alarm sounds and the display shows the message "Distress call received." when
your ship receives a distress call.
Distress
call received.
DISTRESS CALL
SHIP IN DIST:
NATURE: UNDESIGNATED
POS:
12˚34N 123˚45E at 12:34
TELEPHONE
STOP ALARM
2. Press the [CANCEL] key to silence the audio alarm, and the display changes as below.
Received message
*
JUL-23-1999-23:59
DISTRESS CALL
SHIP IN DIST:
NATURE: UNDESIGNATED
POS:
12˚34N 123˚45E AT 12:34
TELEPHONE
! "
ANSWER
3. Monitor the display for the distress acknowledge signal from the coast station. If you
do not receive the distress acknowledge signal, and you have received the distress
alert more than twice, press
4. Press the [ENT] key to open the CALL TYPE menu.
Send message
***
CALL TYPE: INDIVIDUAL
RELAY ALL
DISTRESS RELAY
COAST
RELAY COAST
COAS
ACKNOWLEDGE
SHIP IN DIST: 987654321
DSC FREQ :
GO TO ALL VIEW
5. Select RELAY COAST (or RELAY ALL if you don't know the coast station where to send the
distress relay) and press the [ENT] key. (For RELAY ALL go to step 7.) Press the [ENT] key
to open the COAST ID entry window.
Send message
***
CALL TYPE : INDIVIDUAL
DISTRESS RELAY
COAST ID : 000000000
SHIP IN DIST :
DSC FREQ :
2187.5 KHZ
GO TO ALL VIEW
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2182.0 KHZ
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ECC: OK
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8414.5 KHZ
ALL VIEW
to choose ANSWER and press the [ENT] key.
***
2187.5 KHZ
***
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